Slideshow: Crackdown in Longquan

Longquan village in Henan province is considered a “national-level civilized village,” a distinction awarded in honor of its productive farms and profitable private enterprises. All of Longquan’s accomplishments amounted to little, however, when a demolition team made up of local officials, police and soldiers marched into the village to clear land for a 30-meter wide highway. The demolition team is said to have destroyed 65 houses with residents’ belongings still inside and trampled 230 mu (23,000 square meters) farmland still pregnant with crops. The following materials were collected from villagers by Zhai Minglei and posted on Yi Bao:

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